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Please consider a donation as The Urbanist launches our spring member drive this tenth anniversary year. We’ve come a long way in a decade!
Help guide our nonprofit into its second decade. The Urbanist is a fast-growing Seattle-based organization working to deliver abundant housing, safe, sustainable, and reliable transportation, and a strong, just, decarbonized economy for the Puget Sound region through media and advocacy. We run a well-regarded publication, engage in targeted advocacy, and
Do you think that cities provide unique opportunities for addressing society’s difficult problems from the climate emergency to the housing affordability dilemma? Do you want to help a young scrappy organization grow and become more sustainable and effective? Do you have a commitment to anti-racism and a strong desire
The Urbanist’s Board of Directors voted to join a new coalition called Move All Seattle Sustainably (MASS) because Seattle’s proposed budget falls short and doesn’t do enough to reach our climate goals and to achieve Vision Zero. We can’t hope to decarbonize anytime soon if we
The letter below is from the Seattle Transportation Coalition and was signed by Seattle Subway, the Seattle Transit Riders Union, and The Urbanist. Other groups have adopted similar talking points in their own letters to Sound Transit, to encourage Sound Transit to plan Sound Transit 3 (ST3) investments with extreme
In an effort to continue providing great content, programming, advocacy, and analysis, we’re running a fundraising drive this week at The Urbanist. We think what we do is pretty valuable, but you don’t have to take our word for it. Below are two more testimonials from leaders at
In an effort to continue providing great content, programming, advocacy, and analysis, we’re running a fundraising drive this week at The Urbanist. We already outlined how we’ve spent money in the past and where we plan to spend money in the future. This will allow us to improve
This week we’re doing a fundraising drive at The Urbanist. Becoming a monthly donor supports local, independent journalism that aligns reporting and editorials with urbanist values. To give readers a sense of these values, The Urbanist crafted principles for guiding city policy. Values Of Urbanism Successful urbanism values accessibility,